Looking for a cheaper board that doesn't burn a big hole in your pocket ? The ASUS P5Q-E based on the Intel P45 chipset might just be the board to consider.
This board is based on Intel P45+ICH10R and it supports the Core 2 Extreme to Core 2 duo, pentium extreme, pentium D, pentium 4 processors running on 1600/1333/1066/800MHz FSB. The board uses a fanless design with heatpipe and Stack Cool2.
It has 4 DIMM supporting a max of 16GB of DDR2-1200/1066/800/667 non ECC unbuffered memory on dual channel architecture. The board also has 2 PCie x16 slots support CrossFire in dual PCIe x8. Another third slot operates a PCIe x4. There are a max of 12 USB ports that can be supported on this board. 6 at mid board and 6 via back panel.